The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-01-12
AaRIouLTUnAL NOTES.

Among the Vegetables, Fruit, Live
St0ck and Poultry.
Roots keep well in coal ashes.
Hang gariics in a dry cool place.
Beots aud roota should be Invested Of
their leaves and packed in layers Of sand in
cool cellar for family use.
Many Dakota farmers this year raised fax
for fuel, ton of flax being considered
more valuable for heating purposes than
ton of soft coal
New England poultry raiser keeps lice
from his fowls and their house by the free
use 81 powdered sulphur nbout the'nests and
in the dust bath.
If fowls are thirsty they will eat snow and
pieces Of ice as web as drink from the vile
gutter but that is no reason for neglccting
oproyide them with fresh water
The best soils for wool are also the best
for mutton, and it is necessary that the
land be dry, for damp soils are fruitful
causes Of such diseases as liver rot, fkeu
and foot rot
In storing potatoes the first consideration
is TO keep them in perfect darkness the
next is that they should not be too deep, not
over three feet, else it produces warmth and
,auses them to sprout.
Clean out the wells during dry seasons.
No matter how well covered they may be,
the chances are that toads will be found in
them. tits important to have such work
done every year ii supply of pure clean
water is desired.
Milking should be done and milk should
be kept only where the surrounding dir is
pure and free from al Objectionable and
iainting odors. Milking in a foul smelling
stable or yard affects the fluid and imparts
mn injurious faint
The wool produced in this country is used
almost wholly for the manufacture of cloths,
and very little carpet wool is raised in the
United States. We produce annually about
800 700, 900 pounds, but the production this
year will fall short. Australian wool does
not compete with us much, as 1t Is of a
higher grade and is used In different manu-
faetures
Sheep etiectually keep down the weeds
and harsh grasses. They are as beneficial
to some pastures as the pruning knife is to
the orchard. They will eat anything that is
green and tender, and young briars, weeds,
bushes and other growths are consumed,
thereby saving the farmer much labor, while
by their droppings they prepare the field
for the pillow.
There ara many places about the garden
and yard where there il room for a fruit
tree of some kind, or for row of currant,
gooseaerry, raspberry or blackberry bushes.
There is no better place for these than along
the fence in the yard. Tie the raspberries
and blackberries to the fence to keep them
in place aud have nice fruit and easy pick.
ing.
While much of the original forest remain-
ed, with only few clearings, it was q great
protection to wheat by holding snow evenly
over the surface during the coolest weather.
Now the winds have such sweep that most
of the snow is drifted in banks to the fences,
where 1t does more harm than good. On
prairie soils wheat IS always best next to
the fences.
An experienced poultry raiser advises
people to reduce the stock of fowls as soon
as the years hatch is well provided for, but
hold on to old turkeys and geese; they get
used to the ways of the farm and are worth
much more as breeders than young ones.
Ducks also are good until three years old
A turkey is in her prime at FIVE, goose al
twenty years of age.
Coal ashes are of no value as manure.
On yely heavy soil, however, they are yaiu,
lble as divider Of the soil, acting in the
same manner as sharp sand. Hence, in all
situations where the garden is a stiff clay
the application will be indicated, and they
should be yearly given to the soil. The
ashes Of bituminous coal as rule IRE richer
in valuable constituents Of growth than
those made from anthracite If large bones
are used, bury them in the earth and the
roots of trees and plants will find them and
completely cover them with their feeding
roots. Hence they are more valuable used
thus in the orchard where they may ic un
disturbed for years.
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